I get the same question from my students every term. It is: “What is the difference between British and American English?” It’s not always easy to understand why in one book it’s written centreand centerin another. What shall I say- movieor film?

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Today I’d like to speak about pronouns. According to Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (http://www.ldoceonline.com) pronoun is “a word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase, such as ‘he’ instead of ‘Peter’ or ‘the man“

So, we use she instead of Maria or it instead of cafe.

There are different types of pronouns such as demonstrative, personal, indefinite, possessive and relative. Possessive pronouns show that something belongs to someone or something. Ex. This is my house. The house is mine.

What is the difference between my and mine? Click here to read more about the subject.

Studying a foreign language implies learning of some basic rules. While speaking about writing we can’t but mention about one of its most important aspects – word order. What does word order actually mean? I would say, it’s the way you put words in sentences.

The way you write a sentence in Japanese will definitely vary from Hebrew. Let us write one sentence in various languages:

As you can see from the example above, different languages have different rules. Word order in English is rather simple than complicated. In the explanation below you can learn some basic rules.Word order

The first week at school we started with describing places. Every description means saying what someone or something is by giving some details about them. Sometimes you compare two things when describing them:

The first mountain is higher than the second one.

Using adjectives is one of the first strategies when you describe something. Click here to know more about the comparison of adjectives.

Humans are social beings that communicate with each other almost every day. Some people don’t feel confident though when they can’t find anything to talk about with a colleague or a neighbour. Why not asking questions then? You may ask about the time, weather, work or family and as long as you show your interest, you keep the conversation going.

One of the first functions of questioning is to gain information, for example an eldery lady wonders how to get to the station and she asks a stranger. People also ask questions when they want to test someone’s knowledge, to provoke others to think more deeply or just to get to know another person better. In other words questioning may be a brilliant strategy that makes a conversation alive.

Students who study English as a foreign language may also experience communication as another challenge. In order to ask a correct question, you have to know some grammar rules. We’ve already discussed how to make a question in Present Simple (check it here to repeat) and today I’d like to share some new grammar explanation, namely questioning using Past Simple.

Finally, I suggest you write a list of your own questions on one topic, such as interests, job, family, bringing up children, customs and traditions in different countries, the latest news, films, books, education system, childhood memories, previous experiences, etc. This list will help you to be more secure next time you meet new people.

– Mummy, I’m going to build a house for you on the Mercury, when I grow up, – my son interrupted me when I was reading a new book about sun system for him.
– You’re so cute, my sweetheart:) I’ll be happy if you build it on the Earth instead.
– Really, I love you so much, so I can build one on the Earth and one on the Mercury:)

Have you ever thought about the future? I’m pretty sure the answer will be yes, even if we think in different ways. Small boys will venture into space and fight against the aliens while small girls will probably become princesses. Teenagers will become adults and adults will reach their goals (if they have some). They will go on the round-the-world trip, move to another country, get a better job, 3 children, a dog, a car, a new flat, etc. We will definitely do something different in 5 years.

The task for this lesson is to think about your future and write down your thoughts. How do you see it? It can also be really amusing to write a letter to your future self and find it a couple of years later. It’s always fascinating to see if your dreams have come true or not by then. Click on the link below to repeat grammar.

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Last week we discussed the usage of Passive Voice and some students can still find it difficult to distinguish between Passive and Active Voice. Take a look at two examples:

1. Susan ate the last cookie.

2. The last cookie was eaten.

In the first sentence we know exactly that a person does the action and the focus is on Susan who ate the cookie. Here we see subject + verb + object construction that is common for Active Voice. In the second sentence we want to emphasize the object and we don’t care about who is responsible for the action. We have object + verb that is the typical sentence construction for Passive Voice.

The presentation below will help you to understand this grammar better: